Kayce — #2134 US unisex name
3,138 babies named Kayce in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Kayce was born in this single decade.
119 babies were named Kayce in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayce
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,138 babies named Kayce between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kayce currently holds the #2134 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 119 babies received it in a single year. Kayce is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,468 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayce performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 866 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kayce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 310 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Kayce in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayce in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,138 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kayce at a glance
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Current rank
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Kayce popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (1987)
- 119
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #2134 among girls.
3,138 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 119 births in a single year.
Kayce popularity over time — boys
2,468 total births recorded since 1989 (Kayce as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kayce accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kayce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 866 births that decade — 28% of Kayce's all-time total
Kayce decade highlights
- Peak decade 866 births
- Runner-up 820 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kayce's strongest decade
866 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Kayce by state
Where Kayce concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 310 | 9.9% |
| #2 | California | | 117 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 113 | 3.6% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 101 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 67 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 44 | 1.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 35 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Florida | | 30 | 1.0% |
310 of 3,138 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.9% of nationwide
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.6% of nationwide
- South Carolina 3.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kayce appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.